Written by

Jeff Matthews
jmatthews@thetowntalk.com

With that enthusiastic pronouncement, Downtown Alexandria Revitalization Effort Inc. was introduced to the public Tuesday. The newly formed nonprofit corporation held its coming out party in the space above Sentry Drug overlooking Third Street - in the "Heart of Downtown" where it hopes to spur development.

"We thought there needs to be someone to champion the cause of downtown," said Tobias Wilhelm, president of DARE. "Someone who is not necessarily political, not necessarily commercial. Someone who will pick up the torch for downtown and ...